United States Air ForceThor SLV-2A Agena DSpace Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Poppy 5A, 5B & 5C
Launched
January 11, 1964
Image: Unknown
Summary
Poppy 5A, 5B & 5C launched on an United States Air Force Thor SLV-2A Agena D from Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on January 11, 1964. It was United States Air Force's 176th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 294th orbital launch attempt. It was the 11th Thor SLV-2A Agena D flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). HAYLOFT, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 911 × 941 km orbit inclined 69.8°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Thor SLV-2A Agena D · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 11th Thor SLV-2A Agena D flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 176th launch1st this yearhumanity's 294th orbital launch attempt1st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
HAYLOFT · NORAD 727 · 1964-001 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- THOR AGENA D R/B
- Object ID
- 1964-001A
- Epoch
- 1964-01-11 22:52:25 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.92782763 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0020653
- Inclination
- 69.8222°
- Ascending node
- 126.1856°
- Arg. of perigee
- 71.0485°
- Mean anomaly
- 289.1751°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 5 payloads; 5 still in orbit
- HAYLOFT · NORAD 727 · in orbit
- GGSE 1 · NORAD 728 · in orbit
- EGRS I · NORAD 729 · in orbit
- SR 7A · NORAD 730 · in orbit
- GREB · NORAD 731 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Poppy was the follow-on ELINT system, which succeeded the Grab ELINT satellite system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
28th launch from Space Launch Complex 1E, 1st this year · 118th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
45 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
134 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Poppy 5A, 5B & 5C launch?
Poppy 5A, 5B & 5C launched on January 11, 1964. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Poppy 5A, 5B & 5C?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Poppy 5A, 5B & 5C?
Thor SLV-2A Agena D, flown by United States Air Force. Thor SLV-2A Agena D spec sheet
Where did Poppy 5A, 5B & 5C launch from?
Space Launch Complex 1E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did Poppy 5A, 5B & 5C reach?
HAYLOFT, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 911 × 941 km orbit inclined 69.8°.
How many satellites did Poppy 5A, 5B & 5C launch?
5 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 5 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).